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Japense 'Beni Kaze' Grass...Zone 5 Hardy??
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Posted by dailey zone5 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 9, 09 at 11:14
| i live in northwest indiana and would like to purchase some beni kaze grass but am not sure if its gonna survive in my area? i have read its hardy in zone 6 on some sites, while others say zone 5.
does anyone have one in colder areas and have had luck with it? thanks!
p.s. i am new to gardening so forgive my ignorance...can i cover them with mulch in the winter to protect them? |
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RE: Japense 'Beni Kaze' Grass...Zone 5 Hardy??
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- Posted by donn_ 7b, GSB, LI, NY (My Page) on
Sat, Oct 10, 09 at 13:16
| I can answer the PS part of your question. You can mulch this grass over the winter, and it will provide a small level of protection. My favorite way to do it is with small pine branches, which are piled loosely on top and then filled with fall leaves. Once it's all covered with snowfall, it does a pretty good job of insulating the soil beneath. Be sure to remove it all in late winter, so the leaves won't start rotting as the weather warms. |
RE: Japense 'Beni Kaze' Grass...Zone 5 Hardy??
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RE: Japense 'Beni Kaze' Grass...Zone 5 Hardy??
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I am growing several other cultivars of Japanese forest grass aka Hakonechloa macra and they do just fine over the winter up here in zone 3/4. We have great snow cover BUT the plants also had no trouble surviving a winter in our old zone 5 garden with unreliable snow cover. I never did bother mulching.
HOWEVER, I think I would wait & buy your plants in the spring or .... if you are getting a good deal, do go ahead & buy them now but, protect them well for this winter until they get established.
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